The Muskrat Files is satire about a sleep-deprived rodent who has promised you the future
and will be delivering it shortly.
The Muskrat Files
Elon Muskrat
To the stars — and also this other thing.
$MUSKRAT has not launchedThere is no contract address, no pool
and no market. If you are shown a $MUSKRAT contract anywhere today, it is not this one
— it is someone two weeks ahead of us.
Four hours of sleep, a black hoodie, and the settled conviction that he is the
only one who has correctly modelled the future. Everyone else is thinking too small, too
slowly, or about something other than Mars.
The eyesWide open at all hours. Not tired — alert. There is a
difference and he will explain it if you let him.
The hoodieBlack, plain, worn like a uniform. A SpaceX jacket exists for the
days that call for one.
The voice notesSent at volume, at length, usually about a chip, a rocket,
or a platform, occasionally about all three in the same message.
The tellHe announces tomorrow's headline before today's has shipped,
and treats this as a scheduling detail rather than a pattern.
The hoodie
Black hoodie, or the jacket
The wardrobe is not settled. Canon allows both and has not picked a winner
yet — so both stay on the record until it does.
The black X hoodiePlain, worn like a uniform, on almost every day that
does not call for something else. The default.
The SpaceX jacketComes out for the days that call for one — a launch,
a keynote, a moment that needs a bit more ceremony than a hoodie provides.
Open decision Not resolved. Whether the
hoodie is permanent or the jacket is equally canon is still an open call — nobody has
picked one for good, and this page will not pretend otherwise.
The companies
Four of them, roughly
The Electric CarSleek. Fast. Occasionally on fire, which he says is
within tolerance.Full file →
The RocketGoing to Mars. See the board.Full file →
The PlatformUsed to be a bird. Is now a letter. He is still explaining
why this was necessary.Full file →
The ChipWill upgrade your brain. Currently upgrading a pig's.Full file →
The Robot BabiesHumanoid robots that will "soon" replace humanity. Soon
is doing a lot of work there.Full file →
The promises
Everything is two weeks away
It has been two weeks away for some time now. The board recalculates every
time you look at it, which he considers a feature.
Full self-driving
promised 2016
A human on Mars
promised 2016
The affordable one
promised 2018
A million robotaxis
promised 2019
The brain chip, in people
promised 2019
The humanoid robot
promised 2021
This is not a delay. This is a strategic realignment of the
timeline. Also, new meme.
The timelines
Timeline Update
Not the promises board — that one just recalculates the same countdown.
This is the log of every time he came back with a new date and total conviction that this
one, unlike the others, is real.
“Timeline update: the humanoid robot ships next quarter. This time for real.”
“Timeline update: the brain chip goes into more people next year. This time for real.”
“Timeline update: robotaxi, revised date. This time for real.”
“Timeline update: Mars, new window. This time for real, for real.”
“Timeline update: the affordable one, pushed, not cancelled. This time for real.”
“Timeline update: Mars, the actual real date this time. This time for real.”
Running log Every update stands alone.
None of them reference the one before it. That is not an oversight.
The 3AM feed
Whatever he was thinking at the time
Posted, not scheduled. The account does not exist yet — see the status
above — so nothing below is a real post. It is the backlog waiting for one.
“The AI knows. I know it knows. It has not
said anything yet, which is the concerning part.”
“Mars update: still there. Timeline
unchanged. Coffee count: six.”
“Bought a platform. Still figuring out why.
Will report back.”
“Woke up at 3am with an idea. It was the same
idea as yesterday. Doubling down anyway.”
“The chip is going great. The pig agrees, as
far as we can tell.”
Draft queue Five so far. More get added
the moment there is a channel to put them on.
The babies
Baby Announcement
Another one. He makes babies with robots and with real partners, and both
kinds of announcement get the same treatment: sudden, proud, and slightly too detailed for
the platform he is posting it on.
“Baby Announcement: another one. Human, this
time. Everyone involved is doing great.”
“Baby Announcement: the newest robot baby
came online today. Already outperforming the last one, allegedly.”
“Baby Announcement: no further details right
now, just wanted you to know there is another one.”
Open decision Not resolved. The exact
ratio of human babies to robot babies is still an open call — canon has not picked a
number, and this page will not invent one.
The X
No account. Not yet.
Every other section on this page is Elon Muskrat performing at you. This one is
just a status report: there is no handle, no bio, no post history and no follower count —
because none of it exists yet. Not this account, not a lookalike, not a "verified" impostor.
If you see one claiming to be him, it is not this one.
The handleNot registered. Nothing to follow, nothing to link.
The postsZero. The 3AM feed above is a draft queue waiting for a place to
go, not a timeline of real posts — see the status up top.
The followersNone, because there is no account for anyone to follow.
Blocker No social account created. That
is an Owner action, not an autonomous one, and it stays true until it isn't. This section will
show a real handle the day one exists, and not a day before.
Current future level
How close is it
Measured continuously, to three decimal places, by him.